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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} == [[Fridge Brilliance]] == * There are two things I have accepted about ''[[Gossip Girl]]''. One: the overall writing on this show has gradually gotten from bad to worse over time. However, this show's rampant [[Shout -Out\|shout outs]] to its actors (e.g. references to Ed Westwick's neck and, um, ''[[Biggus Dickus\|focus]],'' [[Romance Onon the Set\|Romances on the Set]], etc.), fashionistas like Carla Bruni and labels such as Bottega Veneta go over the heads of at least the fans I see on Tumblr trying to make "picspams" of scenes from the show. So while the scripts themselves are truly ridiculous, some of the individual lines from the show are actually quite clever. Two: as I have noticed in [http://jezebel.com/5541707/gossip-girl-is-very-confused-about-sex this article from Jezebel] (as well as other places on the internet), people try to give feminist criticism about the show... but then again, this show (let alone the book series it was based off of) was not created for a feminist audience in the first place.--[[Tropers/Heartnibbler\|Heartnibbler]] I found [[Soapbox Sadie\|Vanessa]] to be one of the most sympathetic and relatable characters on ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' by far, specifically ''because'' she is so different from the petty, [[Beauty Is Bad\|vain]], [[The Fashionista\|shallow]], [[Rich Bitch\|materialistic]], [[Manipulative Bastard]], [[Alpha Bitch]] [[Villain Protagonist\|villainous protagonist]] Blair Waldorf. I was surprised to learn that the bulk of the audience considers Vanessa to be [[The Scrappy]]... until I realized that the target audience for the show is ''girls who want to be like Blair''. -[[Tropers/Shaen The Brain\|Shaen The Brain]] * For me, the fridge brilliance occurred when I realised that the reason why the vast majority of viewers loathe Vanessa is that she's ''very much like'' Blair in many ways. She's very shallow (has almost no money and spends it on designer clothes), a chronic backstabber, manipulates people all the time, extremely prejudiced (she hates the UES kids simply for having money, never bothering to get to know them before she passes judgment), and generally just screws people over every chance she gets. And unlike Blair she doesn't have nearly enough heart or charm to make up for it. What she does do however is constantly get up on her high horse and preach how Blair and the rest are morally corrupted for doing the exact same things Vanessa herself does on a regular basis. - Pingvin.